Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat
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Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat is a renowned prose work by the blind Syrian poet-philosopher Al-Ma'arri, noted for its highly ornate rhymed style and its bold, often controversial, reflections on religion and ethics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13298528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat Context triple: [Al-Ma'arri, notableWork, Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat]
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A.
Kashf al-Mahjub
Kashf al-Mahjub is a seminal 11th-century Persian treatise on Sufism that systematically explains mystical doctrines, practices, and biographies of early Sufi masters.
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B.
Kitab al-Farq
Kitab al-Farq is an Islamic scholarly treatise by Usman dan Fodio that addresses religious reform, proper Islamic practice, and the distinction between true faith and un-Islamic innovations in West African Muslim societies.
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C.
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography by the Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his crisis of doubt and journey through philosophy, theology, and Sufism in search of certain knowledge.
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D.
Kitab al-Wasaya
Kitab al-Wasaya is a seminal early Sufi treatise by al-Harith al-Muhasibi that offers ethical and spiritual guidance on self-discipline, piety, and inner purification.
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E.
Al-Qawaʿid al-Arbaʿ
Al-Qawaʿid al-Arbaʿ is a short Islamic theological treatise outlining four fundamental principles for distinguishing true monotheism from forms of polytheism and wrongful worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat Target entity description: Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat is a renowned prose work by the blind Syrian poet-philosopher Al-Ma'arri, noted for its highly ornate rhymed style and its bold, often controversial, reflections on religion and ethics.
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A.
Kashf al-Mahjub
Kashf al-Mahjub is a seminal 11th-century Persian treatise on Sufism that systematically explains mystical doctrines, practices, and biographies of early Sufi masters.
-
B.
Kitab al-Farq
Kitab al-Farq is an Islamic scholarly treatise by Usman dan Fodio that addresses religious reform, proper Islamic practice, and the distinction between true faith and un-Islamic innovations in West African Muslim societies.
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C.
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal is a spiritual and intellectual autobiography by the Muslim theologian Al-Ghazali, in which he recounts his crisis of doubt and journey through philosophy, theology, and Sufism in search of certain knowledge.
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D.
Kitab al-Wasaya
Kitab al-Wasaya is a seminal early Sufi treatise by al-Harith al-Muhasibi that offers ethical and spiritual guidance on self-discipline, piety, and inner purification.
-
E.
Al-Qawaʿid al-Arbaʿ
Al-Qawaʿid al-Arbaʿ is a short Islamic theological treatise outlining four fundamental principles for distinguishing true monotheism from forms of polytheism and wrongful worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic prose
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literary work ⓘ prose work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic intellectual history
ⓘ
freethought in Islam ⓘ |
| author | Al-Ma'arri ⓘ |
| authorNameInArabic |
أبو العلاء المعري
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linked to:
Abu al-Ala
|
| authorNationality | Syrian ⓘ |
| authorOrigin | Ma'arrat al-Nu'man ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition in the Islamic world ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Qur'anic style (in later polemics) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Syria ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| genre |
adab literature
ⓘ
rhymed prose ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
ornate rhetorical composition
ⓘ
parallelism and assonance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
human reason and belief
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moral reflection ⓘ skepticism toward religious dogma ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
admired for stylistic brilliance
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controversial among religious scholars ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions of literary inimitability in Arabic ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | rhymed prose (saj') ⓘ |
| movement | classical Arabic literature ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bold reflections on ethics
ⓘ
bold reflections on religion ⓘ controversial treatment of religious themes ⓘ highly ornate rhymed style ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of works by Al-Ma'arri ⓘ |
| period | medieval Arabic literature ⓘ |
| subject |
ethics
ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
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Subject: Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat Description of subject: Al-Fusul wa-l-Ghayat is a renowned prose work by the blind Syrian poet-philosopher Al-Ma'arri, noted for its highly ornate rhymed style and its bold, often controversial, reflections on religion and ethics.
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